Pearce William H, Mannick John A, Clowes Alexander W, Yao James S T
Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
J Vasc Surg. 2008 Jun;47(6):1351-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.026. Epub 2008 Apr 28.
The American Vascular Association/Lifeline Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. This remarkable two-decade journey represents a cumulative effort by the leaders and members of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS). For the historical record, we would like to chart the sequence of events leading to various programs. In 1986, the Executive Council of SVS approved the formation of an Education/Research Foundation, from which the Lifeline Foundation evolved, with the mission to support the career development of young research-oriented vascular surgeons. Since that time, Lifeline has awarded 141 Student Fellowships, 21 Wylie Traveling Fellowships, 17 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development (K08) Awards, and three Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development (K23) Awards. In 2001, the American Vascular Association (AVA) was established under the aegis of American Association for Vascular Surgery (formerly International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery-North American Chapter). In 2004, with the merger of the SVS and the American Association of Vascular Surgery into a single entity (SVS), Lifeline and the AVA merged into a single foundation, the AVA. As AVA/Lifeline is poised to launch a campaign for an endowment fund, we hope this report will let the members of the SVS know what has been accomplished, what we plan to do, and, most importantly, what we need to do in the future.
美国血管协会/生命线基金会今年正在庆祝其成立20周年。这一非凡的二十年历程代表了血管外科学会（SVS）的领导人和成员们的共同努力。为了记录历史，我们想要梳理导致各项计划的一系列事件。1986年，SVS执行委员会批准成立一个教育/研究基金会，生命线基金会由此发展而来，其使命是支持以研究为导向的年轻血管外科医生的职业发展。自那时以来，生命线基金会已颁发了141项学生奖学金、21项怀利旅行奖学金、17项指导临床科学家发展（K08）奖以及3项指导患者导向研究职业发展（K23）奖。2001年，美国血管协会（AVA）在美国血管外科学会（前身为国际心血管外科学会北美分会）的支持下成立。2004年，随着SVS与美国血管外科学会合并为一个单一实体（SVS），生命线基金会和AVA合并为一个单一基金会，即AVA。由于AVA/生命线基金会准备发起一项捐赠基金活动，我们希望这份报告能让SVS的成员们了解已经取得的成就、我们计划做的事情，以及最重要的是，我们未来需要做的事情。
